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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Paperback. Adrian Mole is middle-aged but still scribbling. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester's Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called Gielgud; measuring his expanding bald spot; and trying to win-over the voluptuous Daisy.. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241960165
- ISBN
- 9780241960165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Summer is not complete without a new novel from number one bestselling author Santa Montefiore Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 33. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471135903
- ISBN
- 9781471135903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.74
€ 13.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Enthralling, moving, darkly funny and humane, Anthem is a triumphant account of ordinary people and a dispute over a group of small, barren islands at the bottom of the world. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Picador
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprints
- SKU
- KNW0008650
- ISBN
- 9780330487467
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A bold and dazzling new story from the controversial creator of A Million Little Pieces. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540477
- ISBN
- 9781848540477
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
Paperback. The American poet John Shade is dead; murdered. His last poem, Pale Fire, is put into a book, together with a preface, a lengthy commentary and notes by Shade's editor, Charles Kinbote. Known on campus as the 'Great Beaver', Kinbote is haughty, inquisitive, intolerant, but is he also mad, bad - and even dangerous? Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185262
- ISBN
- 9780141185262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories, in which an excellent host finds himself turned out of home by his own guests; a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband-to-be; and a small farming village comes together for a terrible annual ritual. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141191430
- ISBN
- 9780141191430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Paperback. A saga of life on a modern executive housing estate, seething with the fears, snobberies, frustrations and lusts of well-heeled young couples trundling uneasily towards middle age. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749325206
- ISBN
- 9780749325206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.82
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€ 16.82
Paperback. For readers of The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly and The Guest Cat comes this passionate, bittersweet love story that will move readers old and young Translator(s): Hawke, Liedewy. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786070531
- ISBN
- 9781786070531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
€ 10.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building comes a novel bursting at the seams with Egyptian life 'Among the best writers in the Middle East today .. Al Aswany has his own magic' Guardian Translator(s): Harris, Russell. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857862204
- ISBN
- 9780857862204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 14.77
€ 21.99
€ 14.77
Paperback. Billy Fisher, a Yorkshire teenager unable to stop lying - especially to his three girlfriends. Trapped by his boring job and working-class parents, Billy finds that his only happiness lies in grand plans for his future and fantastical day-dreams of the fictional country Ambrosia. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 111 x 13. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241973646
- ISBN
- 9780241973646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Paperback. Darling and her friends live in a shanty called Paradise, which of course is no such thing. It isn't all bad, though. There's mischief and adventure, games of Find bin Laden, stealing guavas, singing Lady Gaga at the tops of their voices. They dream of the paradises of America, Dubai, Europe, where Madonna and Barack Obama and David Beckham live. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099581888
- ISBN
- 9780099581888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Funny without knowing it and naive without being innocent, Zoe is pretty much left alone to get on with growing up. Yet the most relevant events of her youth are invariably caused by other people. This novel is about adolescence and lack of innocence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BT; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747562740
- ISBN
- 9780747562740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.37
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€ 9.37
Paperback. Imbued with a comic nostalgia and overlaid with Dovlatov's characteristically dark-edged humour and wry power of observation, The Suitcase is a profoundly human, delightfully ironic novel from one of the finest satirists of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bouis, Antonina W. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847492791
- ISBN
- 9781847492791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014 Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- W&N
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753829288
- ISBN
- 9780753829288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
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€ 13.48
Paperback. Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is on a major rescue mission! Hollywood was full of surprises, and now she's on a road trip to Las Vegas to help her friends and family. She's determined to get to the bottom of why her dad has mysteriously disappeared, help her best friend Suze and even bond with Alicia Bitch Long-legs (maybe..). Series: Shopaholic. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160364
- ISBN
- 9781784160364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
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Paperback. A reissue of the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling novel, from the award-winning creator of DOWNTON ABBEY and Oscar-winning writer of GOSFORD PARK. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780229225
- ISBN
- 9781780229225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
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Paperback. Further tales of village life in the French Pyrenees. A Parisian comes to Fogas to modernise the village shop and it is baguettes at dawn! Series: Fogas Chronicles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444721478
- ISBN
- 9781444721478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a "blind" old man; and an undersexed guide dog. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141008257
- ISBN
- 9780141008257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. How far must you go to come home? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780746098
- ISBN
- 9781780746098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.71
€ 11.99
€ 10.71
Paperback. Deaf at Spiral Park is about a bear that shaves off his fur to join humanity. The antagonist, a recruitment consultant, dies several times, and, ultimately, this teaches her nothing. This is a fresh and original novel which remains accessible and funny in spite of its experimental and philosophical concerns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Salt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907773167
- ISBN
- 9781907773167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.15
€ 11.99
€ 10.15
Paperback. When Raul Espana falls ill, his wife Lydia, who had enjoyed a life of luxury as the mayor's daughter in Cuba, finds herself cleaning the apartments of rich New Yorkers. Among her employers is Mr Osprey, a paragon of glamour and money who becomes involved in the lives of Lydia and her children. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129. Weight in Grams: 300. Used paperback in very good condition.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- KRF0036075
- ISBN
- 9780747545330
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jean-Michel Basquiat's transition from the subways to the chic gallery spaces of Manhattan brought the artist into the company of many of New York's established and aspiring stars. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 201 x 12. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main - Canons Imprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782114246
- ISBN
- 9781782114246
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.52
€ 13.00
€ 11.52
Paperback. Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan - writing as Jane Beaton - welcomes you to a new term at a beautiful Cornish boarding school by the sea. Series: Maggie Adair. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FRD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751553284
- ISBN
- 9780751553284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.50
€ 9.50
Paperback. Beautifully rejacked edition of this wonderful novel from the best-selling author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel' and 'Instances of the Number 3'. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KRA0010709
- ISBN
- 9780007156481
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99